Front -End Lead Engineer

Job
Title: Front -End Lead Engineer

Location: Bangalore

Department:
Silicon Design Engineering / RTL Design

Job
Type: Full -Time

Experience Level: Lead Engineer

Years of
Experience: 6–8 Years

Role Overview

The
Front -End Lead Engineer will drive the design, development, and signoff of
high -performance digital IP blocks and subsystems while leading Functional ECO
implementation at the netlist level. This role requires strong technical
leadership across the front -end design flow, including RTL development,
verification of coordination, synthesis, signoff, and Functional ECO execution.
You will collaborate with cross -functional teams, ensure design quality, and
mentor junior engineers to build technical depth within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive
design signoff activities: lint, CDC/RDC, synthesis

• Lead
the front -end development of digital IP blocks or subsystems from concept to
implementation.

•
Collaborate with architects, verification, physical design, firmware/software
teams, and program managers.

•
Support P&R and signoff teams with RTL fixes, constraints, and ECO
requirements.

Team
& Project Leadership

• Own
schedules, deliverables, and quality for the front -end engineering team.

• Mentor
junior engineers in RTL design, ECO implementation, verification practices, and
signoff flows.

• Drive
continuous improvement of front -end methodologies, automation, and best
practices.

Required
Skills

• Strong
hands -on experience across ASIC front -end design flow.

• Exposure Functional ECO flows using Synopsys Formality ECO and/or Cadence
Conformal ECO.

•
Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog, gate -level netlist editing, and
scripting (TCL, Perl, Python).

• Solid
understanding of timing analysis, STA constraints, and physical design
interactions.

• Strong
background in formal verification, simulation, debugging, and issue closure.

•
Excellent analytical and problem -solving skills with attention to quality and
detail.

• AMD
experience is an added advantage.

Preferred
Qualifications

•
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.

• Strong
foundation in digital design principles and problem -solving skills.

Requirements

Benefits